Maxioms by Robert Burton
'Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they
may: and as Praxiteles did by his read more
'Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they
may: and as Praxiteles did by his glass, when he saw a scurvy
face in it, brake it in pieces; but for that one he saw many more
as bad in a moment.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.
They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.
As much valour is to be found in feasting as in fighting, and
some of our city captains and read more
As much valour is to be found in feasting as in fighting, and
some of our city captains and carpet knights will make this good,
and prove it.
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
